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William Deering & Co. Advertising Card

Date: 1890
Description: Advertising card for William Deering & Company featuring a color chromolithograph illustration of a man showing "The Deering Binder, carefully studied and ...
Photograph

Aztalan Indian Mounds

Date: 1890
Description: At the Aztalan Indian Mounds a group of people are standing on a hillside in the background. In the foreground are corn shocks.
Postcard

Canfield Hop House

Date: 1900
Description: Old Canfield Hop House, exterior of building. Text reads: "Of the many fantastic hop - houses, this one alone remains a relic of the famous days of Sauk Co...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: One of the Squash

Date: 1910
Description: Three smiling children wearing white clothing are sitting atop a gigantic, dark squash. Text in top left corner reads: "Beaver Dam, Wis." Fence lines back ...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Musk Melons

Date: 1911
Description: A man and a boy use dollies to haul giant musk melons near a train. In red text on the upper center portion is the inscription, "How we do things at Bald K...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Riding a Pig

Date: 1916
Description: Two girls wearing white dresses ride a pig, sitting back-to-back. One girl holds the pig's tail and the other holds its ears. A boy pokes the pig's haunch ...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Onions

Date: 10 30 1909
Description: An elderly, bearded man hauls a giant onion using a dolly. The man is wearing a black hat and white work gloves. The background shows the side of a barn....
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Sugar Beets

Date: 10 30 1909
Description: A man on a large horse-drawn cart hauls a group of giant sugar beets. The two horses are stepping onto a dirt road. An inscription in the upper left corner...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Plenty Potatoes

Date: 1912
Description: Two men, one wearing overalls and one wearing suspenders, stand on top of a mound of giant potatoes. A large cart drawn by two horses carries the potatoes ...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Man Riding Sheep

Date: 1916
Description: An older man is riding a sheep on a dirt road. He has a small barrel, some sausage links, and a loaf of bread. The object in his right hand appears to be a...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: The Buck Fever

Date: 1910
Description: Two men are hunting with rifles in the Wisconsin woods. It is winter; there is snow on the ground. Instead of shooting a deer, one hunter shoots a giant ...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Our Barn is Full

Date: 1912
Description: Several women and a man are outside of a barn, which is overflowing with giant onions, corn, and potatoes. A ladder is placed against the large stack of on...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Loading Cabbage

Date: 10 30 1909
Description: A group of male laborers load a giant cabbage up a ramp and onto a train car. The side of the train says "Wisconsin and Michigan." A pile of other giant ca...
Photograph

"The Fruit Boat"

Date: 1950
Description: A Coca-Cola vending machine is on the right, near a table with a scale and boxes of fruit, under an awning. On the left is a car near the curb.
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"The Fruit Boat"

Date: 1950
Description: A two-door sedan is parked in front of the market, near a large sign.
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Man Holding Two Dogs

Date: 
Description: Frank O. King holds two Miniature Doberman Pinschers near fruit trees on the grounds of Folly Farm.
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: String Beans

Date: 1910
Description: Two girls stand in front of a large pile of giant string beans. Red text in the upper portion of the image reads, "How we do things at Ihlen, Minn."
Photograph

Mule-Drawn Harvester

Date: 
Description: A large team of mules is shown pulling a harvesting machine in a field of grain. Several agricultural workers are on the harvesting machine. Caption reads:...
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Potting Plants

Date: 1911
Description: Group of women from the District Agricultural School, and gardener E.E. Harris on the far right. They are standing in a row potting plants at a potting tab...
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Boys Ready for Day in the Field

Date: 1911
Description: Group of boys outdoors with gardener E.E. Harris. Original caption reads: "Boys of the Onalaska Agricultural School, with rakes and forks, saws and other i...

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